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Investigations

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The Limits of NYPD Reform: Is it Possible to Control the Police?

By Curtis Stephen | October 21, 2020

After a summer of protest, a number of proposals are circulating to strengthen civilian oversight of the police department. They face calls for more radical measures, doubts about effectiveness and memories of a seven-decade effort that has fallen short.

Fear of Traffic and Crashes as NYers Skip Subway for Cars and Bikes

No Longer a 'Cluster Site,' But Problems Remain for Tenants

Delayed School Start Doesn't Resolve Worries About Disparities

Even After a COVID-19 Vaccine is Approved, Distribution Will Be Challenging

The 47th Precinct is a car-theft hot spot
car theft

NYC’s Rise in Auto Thefts Puzzles Experts

By Holly DeMuth | August 11, 2020

Since the beginning of the year, rates of reported car thefts in New York City have climbed by 60 percent—the biggest increase of any of the seven major felonies tracked by the NYPD

consumer fireworks
fireworks

In State Where NYC’s Illegal Fireworks Can Be Bought, Some Want Tighter Laws

By Jarrett Murphy | June 30, 2020

Pennsylvania legalized many fireworks in 2017. Several lawmakers there want to rein the sales in, citing noise, fires and ‘chaos.’

52nd precinct, Bronx
Budget

Cutting the Police Budget Means Revising the Role Cops Play in Today’s NYC

By Holly DeMuth | June 17, 2020

Not everyone agrees on what defunding would mean, or what it would look like.

2020 election
diaz sr hat

In Run for Congress, Díaz Sr.’s Strategy is to Give Out Food and Skip Debates

By Daniel Parra | June 15, 2020

His campaign relies on Twitter and Facebook posts, pictures and videos capturing him doing old-school politics, like giving away food, toys and—since the coronavirus pandemic hit New York—masks.

looting damage on Burnside Ave
Community Boards

How Widespread Was Violence on New York’s Nights of Unrest?

By Jeanmarie Evelly, Holly DeMuth, Danielle Cruz, Nicole Javorsky, Sadef Ali Kully, Jarrett Murphy and Daniel Parra | June 9, 2020

To get a better sense of what was seen around the city last week, City Limits surveyed all the city’s 59 community boards to ask what violent unrest—and peaceful protest—they had seen.

Corte Supremo del Bronx
courts

City’s Courts Seen Lacking in Interpreters

By Daniel Parra | May 25, 2020

There appears to be no accurate record of how many people per month or per year require the services of an interpreter to exercise their right to access to justice.

In Depth

When Labs Go Online: For Some College Majors, Remote Learning Means Extra Hurdles

By Mykel Barrett, Nuha Dolby and Jeanmarie Evelly | May 22, 2020

Classes for certain college majors, the move to remove learning has been especially jarring, as science labs and acting workshops don’t translate so easily to Zoom.

Age Justice
Michelle and Robert Lind

He was Waiting for Clemency. Now He’s Fighting Coronavirus.

By Brooke Henderson | May 20, 2020

Robert Lind, 73, is serving a 50-years-to-life sentence for a shooting in 1983.

Coronavirus
Ramona Ferreyra

COVID-19 at the Mitchel Houses: Communication Issues, Cleaning Delays and a Farewell to Mr. Mercado

By Roshan Abraham | May 19, 2020

Cleaning is now being done in earnest, residents say, but delays in basic maintenance have been the norm for years.

Coronavirus
Cayuga County farmland

Housing Worry for Laborers as New York’s Farms Slip Deeper into Trouble

By Sadef Ali Kully and Daniel Parra | May 15, 2020

Undocumented migrant farm workers are facing evictions as farms in upstate New York encounter financial losses, according to farm worker advocacy groups.

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